Building
on its well established relationship with motor racing, from
grand prix to touring cars, Kistler Instruments has introduced
a high quality, miniature piezoresistive pressure transmitter.

The new sensor has an overall length of 40.8 mm, weighs only
13.3 grams and may be specified with either flying leads or a
high quality LEMO connector.

Designed to withstand the high vibration generated by current
motor sport applications, the sensor has M6 mounting to simplify
installation where space is limited. Main applications will be
for pressure and temperature measurements in gearboxes, steering
systems, braking systems, water and oil circuits, and hydraulic
systems where very high reliability is a paramount requirement.

The new Type 4080 pressure transmitter is available for pressure
ranges of 5, 10, 20, 130 and 250 bar at temperatures from -40
to +150°Celsius with temperature compensation for the range
+25 to + 125°Celsius. The integrated signal amplifier has
an output signal of 0.2 to 4.4 V for pressure and 1.8 to 3.6
V for temperature. The supply voltage can vary from 8 to 16 V
making the transmitter ideal for motor racing applications.

Main applications for racing are pressure and temperature measurements
in gearboxes, steering systems, braking systems, water and oil
circuits, and hydraulic systems.

Kistler
Group
Established in Winterthur (Switzerland) in 1957, the Kistler
Group now has a worldwide presence with 25 group companies and
30 distributors ensuring prompt, local application support and
short delivery times. With a staff of more than 1050, the Kistler
Group is one of the world's leading providers of dynamic measuring
instrumentation with a turnover of 210 million Swiss Francs (GBP
145M) in the 2010 financial year.
Kistler's core competence is the development, production and
use of sensors for measuring pressure, force and acceleration.
Kistler's know-how and electronic systems can be used to prepare
measuring signals for use in analysing physical processes, controlling
and optimising industrial processes, improving product quality
in manufacturing and improving performance in sports and rehabilitation.
Kistler offers a comprehensive range of sensors and systems for
engine development, automotive engineering, plastics and metal
processing, installation technology and biomechanics.
Heavy investment in research and development, 15% of staff worldwide
are engaged in research and development, has generated a number
of innovations using piezoelectric, piezoresistive and capacitive
techniques to provide solutions to numerous force, pressure and
acceleration measuring problems. These innovations include the
world's first commercial quartz sensor, two-wire constant current
technology to integrate sensors with microelectronic circuitry,
high-temperature pressure sensors for use up to 400 Deg C and
three-component force measuring sensors.For
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